RCF News Archive
The winners of the RCF scholarships were Harry Gibson, Samir Sardana and George Downing. The awards were presented by RAF Group Captain Tony Keeling, Air Marshal Julian Young and Air Vice Marshal Ross Paterson at an awards ceremony organized by the Smallpeice Trust. …
Engineering is a diverse discipline and there are many different career options out there for young people. Hosting a Connect Day provides the chance for Arkwright Scholars to explore potential future career paths in an exciting and hands-on way. Long-time sponsor The Radio …
By Peter Barnes, M0SWN (President, Swansea Radio Society) When I started my first semester at Swansea University, naturally one of my first questions was is there a radio club? Little was I to know that this question would lead me down a long …
RCF sponsored Arkwright scholar Tim Hare, M6HTJ, passed his Foundation licence in preparation for the Tim Peake ISS contact with the City of Norwich School in 2016. This week Tim passed his Intermediate exam thanks to training support from RCF Trustee Steve Hartley, …
Martin Atherton, G3ZAY, reports that Luke Andrews passed his Intermediate exam on Sunday, 18 February, 2018 and is looking forward to taking his Advanced exam in March. Our thanks go to Martin Atherton and the Cambridge Wireless Society who are mentoring him.
Following a successful session at the Cambridge University Wireless Society with Martin Atherton, G3ZAY, on Saturday 2 December 2017, Luke Andrews, one of this year’s RCF Arkwright Trust scholars passed his Foundation Licence exam. That means this year the RCF is sponsoring three …
In the June 2016 issue of Practical Wireless was an In Focus feature on the Radio Communications Foundation. The August 2017 edition has a feature on one of the RCF’s recent success stories which you can read below. RCF sponsored student success (1-page/109KB …
Our congratulations to one of our Arkwright Scholars, Milo Noblet, M0ILO, who has just been awarded an IET Diamond Jubilee scholarship.
At an event at the IET in London in July, presentations were made to the winners of the RCF-sponsored competition for final year undergraduates. The competition recognises undergraduate projects which deploy radio technologies. This is the first year in which the competition has …
Following on from the success of the 2016 Arkwright Day at the National Radio Centre, Bletchley Park, the RCF, assisted by the RSGB, organised another day in February. The students who were lucky enough to secure a place at this year’s event were …
